Double level flight deck type aircraft carrier

a flight deck and aircraft carrier technology, applied in aircraft carriers, waterborne vessels, special-purpose vessels, etc., can solve the problems of increasing the construction cost of aircraft carriers, crowding and dangerously letting a number of aircrafts perform launching and landing operations on this single flight deck, and reducing the safety of operations, so as to improve the safety of operations and ensure the landing condition. , the effect of increasing the deck spa

US8020506B2Inactive Publication Date: 2011-09-20WANG HSU CHENG
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US · United States
Patent Type
Patents(United States)
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Publication Date
2011-09-20
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A double level flight deck type aircraft carrier is disclosed to include a second level of flight deck so that aircraft launching and landing operations can be separately performed on the decks. The double deck design doubles the operation capacity and capability.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to aircraft carrier technology and more particularly, to a double level flight deck type aircraft carrier that provides two level of flight decks for aircraft launching and landing operations separately.

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0004] A conventional aircraft carrier 5, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, simply has one single flight deck 51 for the operations of aircraft A launching and landing. Because the flight deck 51 has a very limited space and a short runway, it is very crowed and dangerous to let a number of aircrafts perform launching and landing operations on this single flight deck 51. An accident may happen when aircrafts are landing on the flight deck one after another within a short interval. To improve this problem, the Navy needs to build larger aircraft carriers that provide a relatively greater runway for aircrafts. In consequence, the aircraft carrier construction cos...

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[0017]Referring to FIG. 1˜4, a double level flight deck type aircraft carrier 1 in accordance with the present invention is shown comprising a first level flight deck 11 and a second level flight deck 12 spaced above the first level flight deck 11. Aircraft A launching and landing operations is performed on the first level flight deck 11 and the second level flight deck 12 separately, assuring higher safety. Further, the added flight deck (the second level flight deck) can nearly doubles the aircraft capacity and operation capability. The construction of this second flight deck 12 may simply needs about extra 15˜20% of the cost while the aircraft capacity and operation capability are doubled. The second flight deck 12 is almost the same as the first flight deck 11 (the conventional single flight deck). The added second flight deck 12 can be used for aircraft launching operation as well as aircraft landing operation. When no any aircraft is to be landing, both the first flight deck 1...